CHAPTER 362: CHAPTER 362: THE LIGHTNING TRIBULATION BEGINS

When Chu Miao felt the destructive force of the lightning rampantly roaming in her meridians and dantian she realized that she could use it to her advantage.

She could temper her meridians and expand them instead of letting it go to waste.

So, in full view of everyone and under the mocking gaze of the heavenly dao, she forced herself to sit cross-legged, entering a meditative state right there amidst the chaos.

The group stared in shock. She wasn’t just enduring the tribulation, she was using it, swallowing the lightning itself to temper her breakthrough.

Chu Hao’s voice trembled with awe. "Little sister... you really are defying the heavens."

No wonder the heavenly dao didn’t like her.

Above, the storm howled, preparing the next strike. The fourth bolt gathered, even thicker and more violent, twisting with purple and silver arcs.

The air seemed to freeze. And still Chu Miao sat firm beneath the storm, her figure small against the vast heavens, but her will unyielding.

This was the most courageous thing the soldiers standing around had even seen anyone do. Even they didn’t think with their training they had the courage to face what the little girl under that stormy cloud was facing.

And this was only the beginning.

The true lightning tribulation of a heaven-defying genius had begun.

The heavens did not hesitate as the fourth lightning bolt fell.

Boom!

It was just like a jagged pillar of violet lightning that split the sky.

It slammed onto Chu Miao’s body with devastating force. Her spiritual sword vibrated violently in the ground before her, the shockwave rippling across the barren land. Her teeth clenched so hard blood ran down her chin, but she refused to scream.

Inside her body, the violent lightning rampaged like a herd of maddened beasts. Flesh seared, veins split, and her dantian trembled on the verge of collapse.

Yet, through sheer will, she forced the energy into her meridians, letting them expand, crack, and then heal again under the ceaseless cycle.

Her enemies would call this insanity. Her friends could only call it courage.

But this was the only path that the strong must walk.

The soldiers and other cultivators watching were pale, hands trembling as if they were the ones being struck.

"That kind of willpower... no wonder the heavens want to erase her." Gu Fan whispered.

Above, the storm clouds seethed, almost enraged by her defiance. Thunder rumbled like an angry god’s roar.

One bolt of lightning, each thicker and more forceful than the last fell.

On the tenth bolt, a strange change occurred.

This time, the lightning split midair into three separate streams, crashing into her from different angles. She managed to redirect two into her sword, the blade screaming with strain, but the third struck her directly on top of her head.

Her body convulsed violently, her robes blackening and smoke rising from her skin. She vomited a mouthful of blood, the metallic taste sharp in her throat, but still forced her hands to continue forming seals to circulate qi.

"Miaoer." Ye Xuan’s hoarse cry echoed across the battlefield. His legs tensed as though ready to rush forward, but Chu Hao’s hand clamped onto his arm.

"If you enter the tribulation zone, you’ll only kill her!" Chu Hao growled, his own voice shaking.

Even though Chu Hao was always acting like a clown, he was very dependable when it came to his sister’s safety.

At this time, he would not allow anyone to jeopardize her safety.

But Ye Xuan’s eyes remained locked on her trembling figure, his face twisted in agony. He wished he wasn’t there to witness that.

When the twentieth bolt fell, Chu Miao was still recovering from the last one and wasn’t ready to defend herself.

The strike slammed her onto the ground. Dust and lightning erupted, shrouding her figure from view.

Everyone held their breath. For a long moment, there was only silence under the rolling thunder.

Then...

A low, furious roar shook the entire forest.

From some corner of the forest where Little White had gone to hunt, it ran straight to its master and took the rest of the lightning.

Its snowy fur bristled with silver arcs of lightning as it emerged from the smoke that ensued.

Its body glowed faintly, runes of an ancient beast bloodline awakening under the heavenly storm. It stood over Chu Miao’s collapsed form, its fangs bared at the sky.

As if to tell the heavenly dao to take it on if he dared.

"No..." Chu Miao’s weak voice came from beneath him. She struggled to rise, her burned hands pressing to the ground. "Little White... this tribulation is mine. You’ll die if you take it for me..."

Contract beasts can help their masters with the heavenly tribulation without any consequences, but Chu Miao didn’t want anything to happen to Little White.

But Little White only growled louder, his golden eyes blazing with stubborn determination. As another bolt descended, he leapt skyward.

Boom!

Lightning met a beast. Silver arcs collided with white fur, searing flesh. The smell of burning blood filled the air. Little White howled in pain but forced the lightning through his body, drawing part of it away from Chu Miao.

"Little White is actually... sharing the tribulation?" Lei Ying’s face went pale.

"Its the only one that can share it with its master without consequences." Chu Hao enlightened the others.

Chu Miao’s vision blurred as she stared at her partner. Her heart clenched painfully, her body screaming in protest as she pushed herself upright.

Summoning all of her strength, she pressed her bloody palm against Little White’s back. A bond of qi surged between them, her cultivation method intertwining with the beast’s innate lightning affinity.

Then another lightning bolt fell and this time both Chu Miao and Little White roared in unison. Their voices of human and beast mingled beneath the heavens, both defiant and unyielding.

The lightning slammed into them, but instead of annihilating, it split across their linked bodies, half absorbed by her dantian, half swallowed by his beast core.

Their corporation was impeccable.